paradoxical undressing

English

Etymology

paradoxical (“self-contradictory”) + undressing (“removal of one's clothes”). The paradox is that a layer of clothes would be expected to decrease heat loss.

Noun

paradoxical undressing (uncountable)

  1. Removal of one's clothes while disoriented from hypothermia.
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